take us through what the police are actually saying here. the? take us through what the police are actually saying here. actually saying here. they have arrested up actually saying here. they have arrested up to actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 people - actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 people from | actually saying here. they have - arrested up to 20 people from those riots that happened a week ago monday. 0n the 22nd of may. let me just run through the story again really, because we first got wind that something was happening in the west of cardiff in a neighbourhood called belief, one of the most deprived areas of whale. we heard that there was a ride happening. there was a live stream coming from the riot and you could see about 30 to 40 the riot and you could see about 30 to a0 young men, mostly really having the best part of a fight with riot police, really hurling missiles and set
live now to westminister and our political correpondent ione wells. a different response from boris johnson to the government in terms of the demands of the inquiry. that s right, and they have had different responses over the last week or so on this issue. the cabinet officejust week or so on this issue. the cabinet office just yesterday launched a judicial review, essentially a legal challenge, to the covid inquiry saying they don t feel it is right for them to hand over what they have described as unambiguously irrelevant material, for example, those containing conversations about personal or private matters of ministers or advisers or officials, so they have sought legal action against the covid inquiry. the covid inquiry has repeatedly said they think it is up to them to decide what materials relevant as part of their inquiry. the intervention by borisjohnson todayis the intervention by borisjohnson today is effectively him saying that he is willing to hand over the unre
more sunshine around today, especially for eastern areas. before full weekend forecast is coming up here and breakfast. it s friday 2nd june. our main story. the former this morning presenter phillip schofield says he has lost everything , after admitting to lying about an affair with a young colleague. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual and he strenuously denies claims that he groomed the man. he s been speaking to our media editor amol rajan. come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition, and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? you re feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll that recent days have taken on him. and it is
but this is also a story about the workplace culture at britain s biggest commercial broadcaster. so let s take a look at what s happened so far. two weeks ago, schofield announced he was leaving this morning after 20 years. he suggested resigning had not been his choice. in a statement he said, i understand that itv has decided the current situation can t go on . a week later, he admitted to the affair with the younger colleague, and left itv completely. two days after that, his co star, holly willoughby issued a statement, saying she had asked schofield about the allegations when rumours emerged in 2020, but he had denied they were true. and now we understand that next week mps are to question itv executives over the developments, to see how the issue had been handled by the organisation. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual and he strenuously denies claims that he groomed
..i just have to say. ..stop with him. ok, with me. but stop with him. leave him alone now. let me say, you know, a lot of my questions are going to be uncomfortable and, let s face it, intrusive. but you ve chosen this opportunity to tell your side of the story. and there are questions that your viewers, all the people who supported you over the years including your family will want answers to. there s also, of course, lots of questions for itv in all this. you mentioned this young man, and at the centre of recent events is a young man who, together with many others in the media, we re not going to name. under article 8 of the human rights act, he has a right to privacy, and he s not here today to give his own account of events. when did you last speak to him? um. as i engaged the lawyerfor him. um. so.he needed independent support. and so that was the last time. how concerned are you about his welfare right now? massively. massively concerned. where did you first meet t